>> Judge Judy: Well, then your
realtor was not conveying the
information to you, because that
I believe.

00:19:19

I believe that they asked for an
extra day to move in.

00:19:22

>> But we were communicating a
lot, your honor, back and forth.

00:19:25

We've been communicating with
their agent, our agent,
especially about the pool table.

00:19:30

We've been in contact, so why
didn't they bring that up?

00:19:33

>> Judge Judy: Just a second.

00:19:35

Do you have any direct
communication withthemabout
the pool table?

00:19:41

>> No.

00:19:41

We have realtor to realtor, text
logging, and I have copies of
all of that, saying that we've
offered it to them, that they've
declined, and that they agreed
to allow us there, on friday, to
pick up our pool table, and they
said, "as long as you don't have
any kind of marks on the walls,"
'cause they're gonna do a final
walk-through.

00:19:57

So they had not wanted the pool
table, and they had agreed to
let us go there to pick it up.

00:20:02

>> Judge Judy: No, their realtor
said that they agreed.

00:20:04

>> Realtor to realtor, yes.

00:20:05

>> Judge Judy: Realtor to
realtor.

00:20:06

>> We don't have any direct
communication.

00:20:08

>> Judge Judy: I would like to
see, from their realtor, a
statement that you could go
there on friday to pick up the
pool table.

00:20:15

>> Here it is.

00:20:18

..

00:20:19

>> Judge Judy: Shh, shh, shh,
Shh, Shh, Shh, Shh!

00:20:23

How long had you been out of the
house?

00:20:26

>> We -- a year.

00:20:27

Because we --
>> Judge Judy: Don't tell me
because.

00:20:30

So you had been out of the house
and left all that furniture and
the pool table in there for a
year.

00:20:35

>> We were renting it for six --
we were having renters there for
six months.

I'm trying to figure out whether
there are any equities in your
favor.

00:20:55

Pay attention.

00:20:56

Whether there are any equities
in your favor.

00:20:59

They don't have the pool table
any more, so in order for me to
make a judgment against them, it
would have to be a monetary
judgment because they got rid of
ALL THE STUFF ON FEBRUARY 20th,
All the junk that was left in
the house.

00:21:12

So I would have to find
something equitable --
uncross your arms.

00:21:17

And if the pool table wasn't
important enough for you to have
for a year, and certainly you
left it in an unattended house
for seven months, doesn't sound
to me as if it was terribly
important.

00:21:27

>> No, actually, what it was was
that when we moved to our home,
your honor, it's a 9 foot pool
table, and it costs about $800
to move it, so we have to make
space in our home, your honor,
and I'm a mom, I work, I go to
school.

00:21:38

It's very hard, and we didn't
know when escrow was gonna
close.

00:21:40

So we finally made the
decision, "okay, we're gonna
move it," and you know what?

00:21:44

They said, no, they didn't want
THE POOL TABLE ON THE 23rd.

00:21:47

I don't believe that on the
20th they got rid of it.

00:21:49

Why would they even be
responding or why wouldn't they
have said, "we've already
removed it"?

00:21:53

>> Judge Judy: You're not
talking about the right month,
madam.

00:21:56

You're talking about
FEBRUARY 20th.

00:21:58

>> Oh, I see. okay.

00:21:59

My correction.

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>> Judge Judy: Now, if the pool
table wasn't important enough
for you to have for a year,
doesn't sound to me as if it was
terribly important.

00:24:50

>> No, actually, we finally made
the decision, "okay, we're gonna
"
they agreed to allow us there to
pick up our pool table.

00:24:55

>> Judge Judy: No, they didn't
agree -- they didn't agree to
it.

00:24:58

>> We didn't agree to anything.

00:24:59

>> Judge Judy: Shh! shh.

00:25:01

>> I requested their phone
number from my realtor, and my
realtor said, "i cannot give you
"
and now after close of escrow,
it's a civil case.

00:25:07

That's why I went to court.

00:25:08

>> Judge Judy: Then what you
have to do is you have to move
the pool table, if it's so
important to you, not the last
minute --notthe last minute --
two days before.

00:25:19

>> We didn't know when it was
gonna close, your honor.

00:25:22

We had no notice whatsoever.

00:25:23

>> Judge Judy: Can't help you.

00:25:24

That's what a short sale is.

00:25:25

>> And even on the purchase --
>> Judge Judy: You had seven
months.

00:25:27

Your case is dismissed.

00:25:28

Goodbye.

00:25:29

>> We had a countersuit --
>> Judge Judy: Your countersuit
is similarly dismissed, sir, for
changing the locks.

00:25:33

You should change the locks on a
foreclosed house.

00:25:35

Goodbye.

00:25:36

>> Byrd: Parties are excused.

00:25:37

You may step out.

00:25:38

>> Announcer: "Judge judy"
continues in a moment.

00:25:42

..

00:26:02

>> As god as my witness, that
pool table is still there.

00:26:05

>> She had six months to move
it.

00:26:07

Escrow had closed.

00:26:07

They left a lot of other trash
in the house.

00:26:10

>> Them having it right now is
total b.s.

00:26:11

>> They know the truth, and that
should have been ours.

00:26:14

>> When they declined to buy it
from us, and now all of a sudden
they want to keep it -- oh,
thanks.

00:26:18

>> I think it's ridiculous.

00:26:19

They just didn't want to pay for
storage and for moving.

00:26:21

>> It was just an eyesore,
pretty much, at that point.

00:26:23

>> They're sitting here with
smiles.

00:26:25

I hope they have a conviction
'cause it'll come around.

00:26:27

>> She camped outside of our
house after I told her that
she's not allowed on the
property any more for several
hours.

00:26:32

>> It was a little creepy.

00:26:33

It made me feel unsafe, and
that's when we had to have a
24-hour locksmith come and
change the locks.

00:26:37

>> I was afraid that she'd break
in while I was moving my
property back and forth.

00:26:41

>> The way that they blew up on
me, you know, telling me, "this
is mine now, this is mine now"
is unbelievable.

00:26:46

>> We didn't know what they were
gonna do.

00:26:48

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>> Announcer: They were supposed
..

00:28:29

>> Judge Judy: You borrow
something, you return it.

00:28:30

>> That was the plan.

00:28:31

>> Judge Judy: Don't play
with me.

00:28:32

>> Announcer:..But were caught
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00:28:34

>> It got impounded for the
registration.

00:28:36

>> Judge Judy: It got impounded
because you didn't return it.

00:28:39

>> Announcer:..

00:28:40

>> I gave her money for the
registration.

00:28:42

It was her fault for not
registering it.

00:28:43

>> Judge Judy: Don't make
excuses, 'cause I don't like
cuses.

00:28:46

>> Announcer:..They're not
getting off with a warning.

00:28:48

>> Judge Judy: If you do
something wrong, you take
responsibility, and you deal
with it.

00:28:52

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Captions paid for bycbs television distribution
hilda anaya is suing her niece,
berlane johnson, for the return
of a car she allowed her to
borrow.

00:29:15

Berlane says the vehicle was
impounded because the
registration expired.

00:29:21

>> Byrd: Order! all rise!

00:29:26

Your honor, this case number 544
on the calendar in the matter of
ANAYA vs. JOHNSON.

00:29:31

Parties have been sworn in.

00:29:32

You may be seated.

00:29:33

Gentlemen, have a seat.

00:29:34

>> Judge Judy: Miss johnson,
this is your aunt?

00:29:36

>> Yes.

00:29:37

>> Judge Judy: You borrowed her
..

00:29:38

>> Yes.

00:00:00

Return it.

00:00:01

>> I tried to.

00:00:02

>> Judge Judy: When did you
borrow her car?

00:00:04

>> September 29, 2009.

00:00:05

>> Judge Judy: When did you try
to return it?

00:00:08

>> I believe my husband got a
ticket for trying to return it
on --
>> Judge Judy: Got a ticket for
trying to return it?

00:00:14

Explain that to me.

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>> He was on the way to go give
her --
>> Judge Judy: Is this the
husband?

00:00:17

>> Yes, this is my husband.

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>> Judge Judy: Stand.

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>> He was on the way to go give
..

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>> Judge Judy: Just a second.

00:00:22

You weren't there, I assume.

00:00:23

>> Right.

00:00:24

>> Judge Judy: So you were on
your way to return the car when?

00:00:26

>> The ticket I got was on the
13th of february.

00:00:31

>> Judge Judy: February 13th,
you got a moving violation --
for what?

00:00:34

>> For non-registration.

00:00:35

>> Judge Judy: And?

00:00:36

>> And that was pretty much the
only ticket I got for that,
because I had no valid
registration on the vehicle at
that time.

00:00:42

So I was pretty much bringing
the vehicle to the house so we
could drop it off there, because
she wanted the vehicle back.

00:00:48

So the only way to get it there
..

00:00:50

>> Judge Judy: Listen to me
carefully, sir.

00:00:51

>> Sorry.

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>> Judge Judy: Police stopped
you.

00:00:53

>> Yes.

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>> Judge Judy: They gave you a
ticket.

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>> Yes.

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>> Judge Judy: Then what
happened?

00:00:57

>> He just told me to pretty
much --
>> Judge Judy: Don't tell me
what he told you!

00:01:00

>> Okay.

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>> Judge Judy: That's hearsay.

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>> I'm sorry.

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>> Judge Judy: You got a ticket.

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>> Yes.

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>> Judge Judy: You had no valid
registration.

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>> No.

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>> Judge Judy: Where were you
when you got the ticket?

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>> Exiting the 22 freeway on
euclid.

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>> Judge Judy: How did you get
home?

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>> I took a bus.

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>> Judge Judy: Where did you
leave the car?

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>> At my job.

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>> Judge Judy: At your job?

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>> At my job.

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>> Judge Judy: Why didn't you
take the car back?

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I thought you were taking it to
miss anaya.

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>> I was in the process of
taking it there.

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>> Judge Judy: No.

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Your wife says you were going to
return the car to her.

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>> Yes.

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>> Judge Judy: Well, why didn't
you get there?

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Police didn't take the car.

00:01:28

>> No, they did not.

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>> Judge Judy: They gave you a
ticket for not a valid
..

00:01:32

>> Yes, they did.

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>> Judge Judy:..Because the
registration had probably
expired from the time your wife
borrowed the car until february.

00:01:38

>> Yes.

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>> Judge Judy: So, why didn't
you just drive the car to
miss anaya's?

00:01:42

>> I was kind of scared to get
another ticket, honestly.

00:01:44

>> Judge Judy: You drove it!

00:01:45

>> I didn't want to get another
ticket, your honor.

00:01:47

I really didn't.

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..

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>> Judge Judy: You drove it!

00:01:51

>> I couldn't pay for a towing.

00:01:52

I couldn't.

00:01:53

>> Judge Judy: You drove it.

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>> Yes.

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>> Judge Judy: So, why didn't
you just drive it to her house?

00:02:00

>> Because --
>> Judge Judy: Don't speak!

00:02:02

Why didn't you just drive it to
her house?

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>> I was going to. I really was.

00:02:08

>> Judge Judy: I don't care what
you weregoingto do.

00:02:10

You went to work.

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>> Yes.

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>> Judge Judy: That's the
answer!

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Sit!

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>> Okay.

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>> Judge Judy: So you were
driving the car to work.

00:02:19

That's the answer.

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What time did you -- get up
again.

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Don't play with me.

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What time did you get the
ticket?

00:02:26

>> I got the ticket at 9:44.

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I had to be at work at 11:00.

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>> Judge Judy: And did you get
to work that day?

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Very easy.

00:02:30

All I have to do is call your
boss.

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Did you get to work that day?

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>> Late. yes, I did.

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>> Judge Judy: Late or early,
you got to work that day.

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And you parked the car there.

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>> Yes, I did.

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>> Judge Judy: So you were on
your way to work!

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>> Not at that time, your honor.

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I really wasn't.

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I was in the process of dropping
the car off and taking the bus
from her house to my job.

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That was the plan.

00:02:47

That was the agenda.

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>> Judge Judy: Sit down.

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Where's the car now?

00:02:52

>> It's in the impound lot.

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>> Judge Judy: You have two
choices -- either pay to get it
out or pay her for the car.

00:02:57

What's your pleasure?

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>> It got impounded for the
registration.

00:03:00

>> Judge Judy: It got impounded
because you didn't return it.

00:03:03

What county do you live in?

00:03:04

>> We tried to.

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>> Judge Judy: What county do
you live in?

00:03:06

>> Orange county.

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>> Judge Judy: Does a car before
it's registered have to be
smogged in california?

00:03:11

>> Yes, it does.

00:03:12

>> Judge Judy: How many years
have you lived in california and
been old enough to drive?

00:03:16

>> I've lived in california all
my life.

00:03:18

>> Judge Judy: I don't live in
california, but I know about
california smog.

00:03:23

And before you can get a car
registered, you got to have it
tested if it's over a certain
age, and this car was how old?

00:03:30

>> It's a '96.

00:03:31

>> Judge Judy: So it had to be
smogged before it could be
registered again.

00:03:35

And you knew it, because you've
been driving it since september.

00:03:38

>> No.

00:03:38

She let me borrow the vehicle.

00:03:40

>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.

00:03:41

You knew that it had no
registration, 'cause you and/or
him have been driving it since
september.

00:03:48

When did the registration
expire?

00:03:50

It's right on the car.

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>> I gave her money for the
registration.

00:03:53

>> Judge Judy: It's right on the
car.

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When did the registration
expire?

00:03:59

>> That, I don't know.

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She has the paperwork.

00:04:01

>> Judge Judy: It's on your car.

00:04:03

Because if it's not on your car,
how did a policeman stop him for
lack of registration?

00:04:07

>> She didn't have anything in
the glove compartment.

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That's how she loaned it to us.

00:04:11

And she threatened to call the
..

00:04:13

>> Judge Judy: Be quiet.

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Can I have the blue book value
on the car, please?

00:04:16

Model, year?

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>> This is a copy of it.

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>> I have pictures of the
..

00:04:21

>> Judge Judy: I don't care.

00:04:22

I don't care.

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If you didn't like the car, you
shouldn't have borrowed it.

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If you borrow something, you
return it.

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>> Your honor, can I say
something?

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>> Judge Judy: What do you want?

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>> I lent it in june of 2009.

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>> I have proof, since
september, from my apartment
complex, where we had to have it
registered there.

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>> Mnh-mnh.

00:04:35

You picked it up in june.

00:04:36

>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.

00:04:37

It doesn't make any difference.

00:04:38

She's gonna pay you for the car,
and then she can do whatever she
wants.

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Sign the title over to her.

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If she wants to get the car out
of impound, let her get the car
out of impound.

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>> I don't think I should have
to pay that price.

00:04:47

>> Judge Judy: I don't care what
you want.

00:04:49

>> Would you just please take a
look at her pictures of the
vehicle?

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This is the condition she gave
it to me in.

00:04:53

>> Judge Judy: Listen to me,
madam.

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I don't care what you want.

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Somebody did something nice for
you, and you turned around, and
you acted irresponsibly, and so
did he.

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Now, do me a favor.

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You want the value of the car?

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>> Yes.

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>> Judge Judy: Fine.

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Have her sign the title to the
car over to the defendant.

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The defendant can then go pick
up the car out of impound or
not.

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>> I don't want her vehicle.

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She can have her vehicle.

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>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.

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You're gonna sign it over to
her, and then you can register
it in her name, and then you'll
have to deal with the impound
people.

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They'll send you a bill.

00:05:23

>> It was her fault for not
registering it.

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It was her fault for not
registering it.

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>> Judge Judy: I'm gonna ask you
one question.

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Put the pictures down.

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Just answer one question for me.

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When did you take the car to be
smogged?

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THE ANSWER IS MAY 4th, MAY 5th,
MAY 9th, JUNE 2nd, OR "I NEVER
Did," or "i did, but I don't
"
those could be the only
possibilities.

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"I never took it," "i took it, i
don't remember the date," or
"here's the date I took the car
"
>> she paid the registration.

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>> Judge Judy: That's not what i
asked you!

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That's not one of your choices.

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That's not door number 1, 2, or
3.

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>> She didn't tell me it had to
be smogged, and she didn't tell
me to go get it registered.

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>> Yes, I did.

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>> No, you did not.

00:06:04

>> Judge Judy: Do you have
children?

00:06:05

>> Yes, I do.

00:06:06

I have two autistic children.

00:06:07

>> Judge Judy: Just a second.

00:06:08

Did somebody have to tell you to
feed them three times a day?

00:06:10

>> No.

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>> Judge Judy: Or do you know
that yourself?

00:06:12

Just a second.

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Does somebody have to tell you
to put your pants on in the
morning, or do you know
yourself?

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>> No, I know myself.

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>> Judge Judy: You put your
pants on.

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Then you know a car has to be
smogged in california before it
can be re-registered.

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>> I didn't have the paperwork,
so I didn't know she had to have
it registered.

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>> Judge Judy: Don't speak.

00:06:26

Then you're not supposed to
drive a car.

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Take a bus.

00:06:29

If you're too stupid to take
care of it, take a bus, but
don't make excuses, 'cause i
don't like excuses.

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>> Announcer: "Judge judy"
continues in a moment.

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>> The only thing that's there
is a dresser that she left.

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And the television, she gave to
her brother.

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And we called her on that, and
we told her to come pick it up.

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>> No, you threatened to call
the cops on me if I came over.

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>> No, no, no, no.

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>> Judge Judy: [ Raps desk ]
I don't want to hear it.

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>> I let you talk. let me talk.

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"
kristen romberger says
ex-roommate jonathan meyers owes
for a security deposit and for
damage he caused to their
apartment.

00:19:39

>> Judge Judy: Now, it's your
claim that when the lease ended,
so did the friendship, and he
trashed the apartment, and you
couldn't get your security
deposit back, all of which you
paid?

00:19:49

>> That is correct.

00:19:50

>> Judge Judy: On what date did
you leave the apartment?

00:19:53

>> I LEFT ON NOVEMBER 27th.

00:19:54

>> Judge Judy: What date you
leave the apartment, mr. meyers?

00:19:57

>> I HAD UNTIL THE 30th, AND I
WAS GONNA LEAVE ON THE 30th, AND
She came over the afternoon of
THE 29th, AND WE HAD A HUGE
Argument.

00:20:05

>> Judge Judy: What did you have
an argument about?

00:20:08

>> She said that I burned one of
her finger paintings that was on
a wall, and she was upset that i
didn't move out already.

00:20:13

She wanted me to have been gone
so she could clean.

00:20:16

>> Judge Judy: She wanted you to
be gone so that she could clean
the apartment?

00:20:20

>> Yes. yes, your honor.

00:20:21

>> Judge Judy: And what did you
say to her?

00:20:23

>> I had an extra day.

00:20:24

I was gonna be moving the next
day.

00:20:26

I still had time, and I wasn't
able to leave, and it escalated
into a big argument, and I wound
up calling the police, 'cause i
didn't know what else to do.

00:20:33

I was on probation at the time,
..

00:20:36

>> Judge Judy: Probation for
what?

00:20:37

>> Drugs, your honor.

00:20:38

>> Judge Judy: What kind of
drugs?

00:20:40

>> Heroin.

00:20:41

>> Judge Judy: Selling or using?

00:20:42

>> I used, or I got caught
using.

00:20:44

>> Judge Judy: When?

00:20:45

>> March 14, 2008.

00:20:48

>> Judge Judy: And when did you
get your bloodborne pathogen
certificate?

00:20:53

>> May?

00:20:54

>> Judge Judy: May what?

00:20:55

>> '08.

00:20:55

>> Judge Judy: So a couple of
months after you were arrested
for using heroin.

00:21:00

>> Correct.

00:21:01

>> Judge Judy: Great state of
california.

00:21:04

[ Light laughter ]
you don't happen to have one of
those marijuana licenses?

00:21:08

>> A 215. not yet.

00:21:09

I have to renew it.

00:21:11

[ Laughter ]
>> Judge Judy: Now, you have
photographs of the apartment?

00:21:18

>> I have tons of photographs.

00:21:20

>> Judge Judy: I'd like to just
see the apartment when he left.

00:21:23

>> I'll give you the top five or
six.

00:21:26

>> Judge Judy: How much was your
security deposit?

00:21:28

>> It was $900.

00:21:30

I was charged an additional
$4.70 on top of that.

00:21:33

>> Judge Judy: How many cats do
you have?

00:21:34

>> One.

00:21:35

>> Judge Judy: You still have it
with you?

00:21:36

>> Yes, your honor.

00:21:37

>> Judge Judy: Would you
identify this room, mr. meyers?

00:21:43

>> That's the room that
I lived in.

00:21:45

That was my room.

00:21:45

>> Judge Judy: What's that all
over the floor?

00:21:47

>> Cat litter, your honor.

00:21:48

>> Judge Judy: Who did that?

00:21:50

>> My cat.

00:21:51

>> Judge Judy: Miss romberger,
what do you do for a living?

00:21:53

>> I'm a nurse.

00:21:54

>> Judge Judy: You work at a
hospital?

00:21:55

>> I do.

00:21:56

>> Judge Judy: The same
hospital for how long?

00:21:58

>> Three years.

00:21:58

>> Judge Judy: Could you explain
to me what in this person
attracted you to sign a lease
with him, to live with him for
three years?

00:22:06

He's a heroin abuser -- or was.

00:22:09

He clearly has a disability,
because he had a medical
marijuana license, to be able to
purchase it, which he says has
now expired, which he must
renew, right?

00:22:21

Clearly, he's off.

00:22:23

Tell me what I'm not seeing,
miss romberger.

00:22:26

>> He was in drug court at the
time that we moved in.

00:22:28

He was required to have a
full-time job, and he was being
drug-tested and alcohol-tested
several times a week.

00:22:32

>> Judge Judy: How many times
have you been arrested?

00:22:34

>> Never.

00:22:35

>> Judge Judy: Then why would
you want to sign a lease with
someone who had been arrested
for heroin use?

00:22:41

And if you're an intelligent
woman, and I assume you are, if
you're employed as a nurse -- if
you're employed as a nurse, you
have to have a certain
educational background.

00:22:49

You have to have a certain
clinical ability.

00:22:51

You have to have a certain
academic ability.

00:22:53

It belies credulity to think
that the first time he used
heroin he got arrested.

00:23:00

Do you understand?

00:23:01

>> Mm-hmm.

00:23:02

>> Judge Judy: It's like the
unluckiest robber in the
world -- the first time they rob
somebody, they get caught.

00:23:07

Criminals do that because they
do it so many timeswithout
getting caught that it almost
makes it worthwhile.

00:23:13

Do you understand?

00:23:14

>> Yes, ma'am.

00:23:15

>> Judge Judy: You know, you
commit seven or eight armed
robberies, and if you get caught
once, then you get a slap on the
wrist.

00:23:20

You know, you figure, "listen,
the system's working in my
"
so, clearly, you had someone who
was a longer-term heroin abuser,
other than just once.

00:23:29

Aside from that, he's involved
in some way or another, unless
you know of some disability that
he has -- do you know of any
legitimate disability?

00:23:38

>> No, your honor.

00:23:39

>> Judge Judy: Then somehow he
got somebody to write him a fake
prescription or a phonied-up
prescription for medical
marijuana, which is supposed to
be used in this jurisdiction for
people who suffer from a
disability and who can benefit
from the use of marijuana in
their treatment, not for
somebody who wants to get high,
right?

00:23:59

>> Right.

00:23:59

>> Judge Judy: Explain to me
what I'm not seeing that an
intelligent woman like you saw.

00:24:06

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>> Judge Judy: Go ahead.

00:26:48

>> I thought he deserved a
second chance.

00:26:50

He was in court, and they were
keeping a close eye on him.

00:26:52

They were drug-testing him,
testing him for alcohol, making
sure he had a full-time jo
going to meetings.

00:26:57

So I thought he deserved a
chance.

00:26:59

He needed to get out of where he
was living and so did i, so we
moved in together.

While that matter is sort of
pending, you are notified that
there is a warrant outstanding
for your arrest because
MR. McKISSON SAYS THAT ON
JUNE 1st -- SEVERAL WEEKS PRIOR
TO JUNE 19th -- YOU HAD EITHER
Thrown something at his car or
hit his car and took off.

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You had to hire a lawyer.

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Your license was revoked until
you went to court.

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Those charges against you were
dismissed in total.

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NOW, MR. McKISSON, ON THE OTHER
Hand, agreed to pay the $700
damage to your car, he says
because he was tired of the
court proceeding, wanted to get
it over with.

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>> False.

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>> Judge Judy: That's what you
say in your answer.

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>> I didn't say that.

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>> Judge Judy: Well, let's see
what you said.

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>> I was advised by my attorney
to pay the $700.

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>> Judge Judy: Just a second!

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>> And hers were dropped due to
technicality.

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They weren't dismissed.

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>> Judge Judy: Mr. mckisson?

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>> Yes.

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>> Judge Judy: If you have
something that you're gonna show
me --
>> yeah!

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>> Judge Judy: Shh!

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>> I got plenty to show you.

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>> Judge Judy: I don't think you
want to do that -- what you're
contemplating doing today here.

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And if you need some time to
compose yourself, I'm gonna let
you do that, if you need time to
compose yourself.

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We understand each other?

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>> I guess.

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>> Judge Judy: Well, I don't
want you to guess.

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I want you to know.

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Do you need time to compose
yourself?

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>> I'm okay.

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>> Judge Judy: Is that your
mother?

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>> Yes.

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>> Judge Judy: Great.

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Now, your countersuit --
>> I went through all the same
things she did.

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I had to hire an attorney.

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I went to jail and all.

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>> Judge Judy: Are you high?

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>> No, I'm not.

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>> Judge Judy: Are you on any
prescription medication?

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>> No.

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>> Judge Judy: Are you on any
medication that's not
prescription?

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>> No.

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>> Judge Judy: Well, then, what
you're telling me is that you
are totally in control of your
actions.

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You think he is?

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>> Yeah, he just needs to calm
down.

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I think he's just very worked up
about the whole case.

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>> Judge Judy: Okay.

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This is whatyouwrote.

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"We went to court on
NOVEMBER 20th, AND THE CHARGES
Against her were dismissed.

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The charges against me were also
dropped.

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I agreed to pay $700 for the
'alleged' damages to her car,
even though all of her
accusations against me were
false.

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Although I had done nothing
wrong, I just wanted to be
finished with the whole ordeal.

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It was worth $700 to never have
"
that's what you wrote.

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>> I did not write that!

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>> Judge Judy: well, byrd, would you
show this
TO MR. McKISSON AND ASK HIM IF
That's his signature?

00:03:47

>> I admit to signing it, but i
did not write that.

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>> Judge Judy: Well, then,
what did you sign it for?

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That's what I'm given, sir --
your answer, her complaint.

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>> Okay.

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>> Judge Judy: Now, you allege
THAT MS. BLAKENEY, ON JUNE 1st,
Committed a crime by hitting
your car with either her car or
an object, and failed to stop,
and that you made a police
report with regard to that.

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>> Yes.

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>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see
it.

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>> Oh, I'm sorry.

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It's right here.

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>> Judge Judy: Hmm?

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>> You ready to listen?

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>> Judge Judy: I'm not listening
to anything.

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>> It's a 911 tape!

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Okay.

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>> Judge Judy: All I'm doing
is -- I asked you for a police
report.

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>> Well, the thing is, the
police told me to go to the
commissioner.

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I went to the commissioner,
filed the charges with him.

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That's why they were dropped.

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>> Judge Judy: No.

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Listen to me, sir.

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You say that somebody hit your
car and that it was her.

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I assume, since you know it was
her, you took down a license
plate, you took down the make --
>> I didn't know who she was,
but I wrote down her
license-plate number, yes.

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>> Judge Judy: Great.

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Then that would be in a police
report.

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So the question is, do you or do
you not have a police report
that you fi-- hey!

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[ Raps desk ]
my mouth is still moving.

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[ Laughter ]
you got a problem.

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I feel sorry for you.

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>> [ Chuckles ]
>> Judge Judy: I do.

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I feel sorry for you.

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>> Thank you.

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>> Judge Judy: Question is, do
you or do you not have a police
report that youfiledon
JUNE THE 1st?

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>> I have a 911 tape where i
called the police.

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Then the police came out to me
and told me to go to the --
>> Judge Judy: Don't tell me
what they told you!

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Carefully pay attention to me!

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Hearsay is not admissible.

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You can't tell me what a police
OFFICER SAID TO YOU ON JUNE 1st.

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Now, how old are you?

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>> I'm 25.

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>> Judge Judy: You're 25.

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I've been in the law business
for over 45 years.

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I've been practicing and trying
criminal cases for well over 30.

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When someone is a crime victim
and they report the matter to
the police, they can get, if
they ask for it, a copy of the
police report that they filed.

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Now, the answer is, you do or do
not have a police report?

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>> I guess not.

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>> Judge Judy: Great.

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Now, what you do say you have is
a 911 tape that you got from the
police department?

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>> I guess so.

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>> Judge Judy: Ms. blakeney.

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>> Good morning.

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>> Judge Judy: I'm not dealing
with him anymore.

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He clearly has a problem.

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I don't know whether he has a
psychiatric problem.

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I don't know whether he has a
drug problem.

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I don't know.

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His mother knows, and he knows.

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But I don't deal with that kind
of attitude.

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There's only one attitude here,
and that would be mine.

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[ Laughter ]
so now I'm gonna ask you to tell
me, please, what happened on
june 19.

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>> JUNE 19th, I WAS TRAVELING TO
Work, which was in hanover,
maryland, at the time.

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>> Judge Judy: Stand between
them, would you, please?

00:06:46

>> And I was traveling from
annapolis, which is about
30 minutes away from the job --
the then-job, 'cause I don't
work there anymore.

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Basically, I noticed him
following me very closely
because he was on my bumper.

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When we got about 15 minutes
into me traveling to work, he
then sped up, went to the left
of me -- 'cause I moved out of
the left lane into the middle
lane -- he moved to the left.

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That's when I noticed him again,
and I see something coming
towards my window which looks
like a rock.

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I don't know if he carries rocks
in his car, but --
it hit my window, and he went
three lanes over.

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I'm a photographer, so I had my
camera on my seat, on, at the
time.

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I grabbed my camera and was
shaking a little bit, but i
actually got a good picture of
him with my telephoto lens.

00:07:29

>> Judge Judy: Who is this
gentleman?

00:07:31

>> This is my significant other.

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>> Judge Judy: Okay.

00:07:34

Do you have that picture?

00:07:35

>> I do.

00:07:35

>> Judge Judy: Would you give it
to him?

00:07:38

>> I have a couple blown up.

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>> Judge Judy: Great.

00:07:40

Would you bring those up to me,
sir, please?

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Thank you.

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Thanks.

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Uncross your arms.

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Put your hands on the table.

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>> There you go.

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>> Judge Judy: Great.

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>> Is that what you want?

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>> Judge Judy: That's exactly
what I want.

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>> Okay.

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That's all you had to say.

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>> Judge Judy: Go ahead.

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>> I took the picture of him.

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I'm surprised there was no
accident, because he went from
the extreme left lane off of the
exit and flipped me the finger,
as you can see.

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The telephoto lens takes a wide
scope of things.

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I blew up the pictures, but i
got his tag number, his profile
of his face, and his finger.

00:08:22

>> Judge Judy: I see his number.

00:08:23

Based upon that, you filed a
police report?

00:08:25

>> Yes.

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>> Judge Judy: Do you have a
copy of the police report?

00:08:28

>> I tried to, which is on --
>> Judge Judy: No, no!

00:08:30

The answer is you do not have
one?

00:08:32

>> No, I don't.

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>> Judge Judy: Okay.

00:08:34

Now, do you have a certificate
from the court of disposition of
the case he filed against you?

00:08:39

>> I do.

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>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see
it.

00:08:41

Tell me your name, sir.

00:08:42

>> Ambakisye burrell.

00:08:43

>> Judge Judy: burrell,
would you stand up, please?

00:08:46

You're gonna be of assistance to
me.

00:08:50

burrell, would you hand that
to me, please?

00:08:58

So, this is a certificate of
disposition of your case.

00:09:02

Everything was dismissed.

00:09:03

No fines. no penalties.

00:09:05

MR. McKISSON, DO YOU HAVE A
Similar certificate with regard
to the case that was heard on
november 20th with regard to
your complaint against
ms. blakeney?

00:09:14

>> I'm sure there is, but all i
have is a letter from my
attorney.

00:09:17

>> Judge Judy: I'm not
interested in the letter from
your attorney.

00:09:20

I'm interested in the
certificate of disposition.

00:09:22

>> I don't have a piece of paper
like that.

00:09:24

I'm sorry.

00:09:24

>> Judge Judy: Great.

00:09:25

Now, can you give me the
license-plate number of your
car?

00:09:30

>> It's 6 [bleep]
I believe.

00:09:32

>> Judge Judy: Now,
MR. McKISSON, NOW -- SINCE YOU
Understand the way I run my
courtroom, I'm gonna come back
to you again, sir.

00:09:40

The tape that you have,
allegedly, in there -- is that
tape a tape that was secured
either by you or by your
attorney from the police
department of the 911 call that
YOU MADE ON JUNE THE 1st?

00:09:57

>> Yes, I believe so.

00:09:59

>> Byrd: You don't have to keep
bending down, man.

00:10:01

They can hear you.

00:10:02

>> Okay.

00:10:02

Thank you very much.

00:10:03

>> Byrd: You're welcome.

00:10:04

>> Judge Judy: Take it out of
the machine.

00:10:07

>> Well, actually, this is a
..

00:10:10

This is not my original.

00:10:12

This is something they made to
format for this player.

00:10:15

>> Judge Judy: I don't listen to
formats for that.

00:10:17

>> Okay.

00:10:18

>> Judge Judy: Now, I'm gonna
give you aslightamount of
latitude before I go any
further.

00:10:24

When you allegedly made the call
to the police that someone had
hit your car and taken off, did
you indicate the make, model,
and license plate of the car?

00:10:35

>> Yes, I did.

00:10:36

But I just want to let you know
that I couldn't secure that tape
from the morning time.

00:10:41

This is a tape from the evening,
'cause I made more than one
call, and my attorney said he
could not get that tape.

00:10:46

But, yes, I did give them the
make and model.

00:10:48

I wrote it down and
everything --
a red dodge charger, and I don't
remember the license plate
exactly by heart, but it's
something like what she said.

00:10:56

[ Laughter ]
>> Announcer: "Judge judy"
continues in a moment.

00:11:01

..

00:11:02

>> Judge Judy:..Some stupid
story that he bought the car and
you were leasing it from him,
which I don't believe.

00:11:07

Before you even tell me, I don't
believe that story, okay?

00:11:10

So let's do, like, a windshield
wiper in your brain.

00:11:13

Get rid of that story.

00:11:14

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